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allowed for

allowed for is the simple past and past participle of allow for.

Meaning of allow for

Verb

allow for (third-person singular simple present allows for, present participle allowing for, simple past and past participle allowed for)

  1. (transitive) To take into account, consider.
    • The problem is that they didn't allow for the extra centimetre of overlap, so it didn't fit correctly.
  2. (transitive) To make possible; to allow.
    • The gap between my classes allowed for me and my friends to go eat lunch.

Questions about allowed for

What is allowed for the simple past and past participle of?
Allowed for is the simple past and past participle of allow for.

Words near allowed for in the dictionary

  1. allowaunce
  2. allowaunces
  3. Alloway
  4. Alloways
  5. allowed
  6. allowed for
  7. allowed nature to take her course
  8. allowed nature to take its course
  9. allowedly
  10. allowedst
  11. allowee

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Adapted from Wiktionary: allowed for (page history and authors); allow for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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